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Magnetostrictive Actuation of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites

G.P. Mccombe

Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TR, UK, greg.mccombe{at}bristol.ac.uk

J.A. Etches

Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TR, UK

I.P. Bond

Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TR, UK

P.H. Mellor

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TR, UK

Despite substantial research into smart materials and structures technology, the integration of magnetostrictive materials into fiber-reinforced polymer laminated structures to provide capabilities such as actuation has been limited to date. In this work, magnetostrictive Terfenol-D is inserted into unidirectional glass and carbon fiber-reinforced polymer laminates. The strain developed in the laminates due to the magnetostriction of the Terfenol-D was observed and found to give a maximum of 0.11% normal to the fiber direction for a 3-ply UD carbon fiber laminate with the Terfenol-D recessed within a mid-ply cut-out. This demonstrates the actuation potential of Terfenol-D within a smart structure.

Key Words: magnetostrictive • Terfenol-D • composite • laminate.

This version was published on July 1, 2009

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 20, No. 10, 1249-1257 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X09103975
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